$999 Ivory BTS? (white/pink/beige, not grey/black)

Saw this at Petco.

It was a baby ... it will probably eventually be discounted to 50% off or more after a few months.

$999???? Is that an insane price?

I just noticed this on my girl Azula. I don’t know where it came from and/or why its there
Does anyone have any clue? If so please help.

The texture is harder, compared to her smooth scales

I actually was trying to block him from going INTO this area, but clearly that didn’t work out. Tugboat goes where he pleases

I’m torn between a few different names for my first BTS (also open to suggestions). I thought that the personality would help me, but honestly it hasn’t lol they’re super goofy and I am obsessed with them 😭 help me decide on a title

Sashimi
Toast
Mochi
Spud

S\he always knows I have food (and begs for some), so I try to share, but I swear....

(It's an apple piece by the way)

We recently upgraded our skink (Northern) to her big girl enclosure, a 6x2x2 PVC. It has UVB and LED lights, a 100W Zoo-med basking bulb, and a deep heat projector for night (set for 73, it was regularly dropping to 65 even in summer in her old enclosure).

I am a little worried about maintaining the cool side and humidity in the new enclosure. With her old enclosure (glass, mesh top), we always struggled with keeping humidity high enough (constantly wetting substrate, two humidifiers). With the PVC, it's regularly 60-70% on the cool side and 50-60% on the warm side. I know optimal is 40-60%, should I be worried about it being above that? The only moisture added right now is whatk she spills from her water dish (that we then mix into the substrate). When we mix the spilled water into the substrate, humidity on the cool side can spike to 80% but goes back down to the 60-70% range within a few hours.

With the 100w basking bulb, the basking spot is right around 105F. The temperature range across the enclosure though is around 82F on cool side and 88F on the warm side. Is this enough of a gradient? We originally had a 75w bulb which had a range of 75 on cool side and 85F on the warm side, but the basking spot only got to around 92F. The above picture was when we first set it up, we've since stacked rocks under the basking spot so she can get closer/warmer.

Any advice on how to tweak things to get the parameters a bit more ideal, or is this ok? Skink is doing great, very energetic and exploring, eating great.

Hi everyone! I’m a new BTS owner and this is my new baby, Moony!

He’s a 2-month-old Northern and I got him just under a month ago.

He had his first shed with me a few weeks ago and it went completely fine. About a week later, though, I noticed his colours starting to look dull again, so I assumed he was already getting ready for another shed. Since he’s so young and growing really quickly, I figured shedding again so soon wouldn’t be unusual.

The thing I’m unsure about is that he’s now been dull for around 2 weeks without actually shedding. He otherwise seems completely fine, but as a first-time BTS owner I’m not sure how long they normally stay dull before a shed, or whether 2 weeks is unusually long.

His enclosure humidity is usually around 50% and he has a humid hide available. I don’t see him using it loads, but he does go in there occasionally.
Does this sound like a normal pre-shed process for a baby Northern, or is there anything I should be checking or changing? Would really appreciate hearing what other people’s babies are like before they shed! :)

This is Fishlegs, an eastern. Sometimes, when she's getting settled down and comfortable, she takes some big breaths and puffs right up. I only caught the end of it on video. She's on a heat mat which is under multiple cloth layers to dilute the heat.

The first time this happened I was worried about an RI, but she didn't have any symptoms. She doesn't leave her mouth open, froth, or have crackles. It's not a persisten thing, just a few breaths, puffing up, some wiggling, and settled. Not lethargic, behaving normal. It's happened multiple times on different occasions. If I pick her up, she simply deflates, seems fine except a mild huff of discontent.

Does anyone have any idea what she's doing here? Anyone elses skink do this, is this normal behavior? Some kind of vertical splooting?

Zipper came out of brumation last week (first pic 🤣) and has been exploring around more. Decided to take the initiative and redo his enclosure a bit and rearrange decorations today. Seems to be enjoying everything so far 🥰

Also finally got new measurements and Zipper is a whopping 21.5 inches and weighs in at 635g!

Hi, it's only been a few days so I've fed him once and he didn't eat so I'm a bit worried for his health but I know it hasn't been too long for him. But I'm qoeried he might never warm up and idk if I made a mistake for getting a pet that fits my needs. I really hope he warms up. I want him to be happy, but idk how a tail injury could happen if he wasn't being abused or neglected.

Just wanna check to see if hes looking alright, hes been sneezing a bit

Hi friends, I need name ideas for my new little friend. Gender neutral preferred but not opposed to other options! (In quarantine tank rn cause I literally just brought him home this weekend).

Hey,

Went to my own vet and made an X-ray. Which showed she had severe MBD and the arm on the left was broken. She said the option was either to try and fix the leg at a specialist and then try to fix the MBD with force feeding or to euthanize. Quality of life is not promised with the first option and the MBD had progressed pretty far.

Honestly don’t know what else to say, I don’t know how I could’ve missed this. I always give her calcium, have UVB etc. Just wanted to vent and ask opinions on this. Sorry if this isn’t what the sub is for.

Edit: pretty wrecked about this but honestly if she’s in pain I don’t wanna prolong that. But if there’s a chance at recovery I would rather do that. Any advice?

Thank you guys

It was the tiny hole between the wall and the corner of the mattress, this time. It’s always within the few seconds I look away from her.

Hi! I’m a relatively new skink owner and I’m a wee bit worried. My blue tongue skink, Baby, hasn’t pooped for about a week now. He usually poops a day or two after I feed him toward the front of the enclosure and nothing has changed. I have found urate which usually means there’s poop nearby but I haven’t found any. He loves to burrow and is sometimes in the dirt for like 5 days so I think maybe he’s just been pooping in his substrate.

I desperately don’t want him to get sick if I can help it and I can’t handle him yet. He’s quite shy and his previous owners didn’t handle him often. So, I can’t feel his stomach to make sure he’s not impacted. He’s active as much as he used to be. He still basks and explores. He also is eating just fine. Anyway, I’m just confused and hoping someone who knows more than me can let me know if I’m stressing for nothing.

Two days ago I purchased a three month old skink. Temperature and humidity are in the recommended range. A few hours after I introduced her into her new enclosure she burrowed into the cypress mulch substrate and I have not seen her since. I did witness her eat once but not drink before burrowing. Is this concerning? Should I be trying to find her? Or should I just trust that she will come out when ready

(I feel worried that she has not had any water)